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Trip Report: Blue Bottle Coffee Co. (SFMOMA Rooftop Garden)
Posted by TheShot on 15 Feb 2012 | Tagged as: Beans, Local Brew, Machine
Opening in May 2009, this Blue Bottle Coffee outlet is located inside the SFMOMA museum on the fifth-floor Rooftop Garden. It's a rather elite affair, given the open space and the artworks that surround it. There's seating on concrete floors and benches among modern sculptures, but there are also white metal café tables for seating.
They use Mazzer and Astoria grinders, offer Bonmac filters for single origin drip, and (quite unusual for Blue Bottle) a three-group
Mistral Mirage Idrocompresso Triplette with manual levers.
They pull espresso shots with a medium brown crema and darker brown spots. It's served quite short for a doppio, but it's the right amount of potent: very well balanced, broad flavor profile of herbs, pungency, and some tobacco and honey. They use a special SFMOMA blend of five different beans, and it is a true blend — almost something of a rarity in the U.S. It's one of the best homogenized examples of a blend that Blue Bottle offers. Hopefully they will make a blend like this more widely available.
Served in a Heath ceramics demitasse with a side of sparkling water. About as good as museum coffee can get.
Read the review of Blue Bottle Coffee Co. at the SFMOMA Rooftop Garden.
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The BlueMountain Oil Spill Response team hosted another successful fundraiser! Participants in the Chili Cook off were invited to bring a pot of chili made from their favorite recipe for a chance to win some great prizes donated by local restaurants.
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Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle
Modern Languages (French) (3C9T)
PGCE with QTS full time
- Accredited body
- Bishop Grosseteste University
- Financial support
- Scholarship, bursary or student finance if you're eligible
- Qualification
PGCE with QTS
A postgraduate certificate in education (PGCE) with qualified teacher status (QTS) will allow you to teach in state schools in England and may allow you to teach in other parts of the UK.
It may also allow you to teach overseas, though you should always check what qualifications are needed in the country you'd like to teach in.
Many PGCE courses include credits that count toward a Master's degree.
- Course length
- 1 year
- Date you can apply from
- 8 October 2019
- Date course starts
- September 2020
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- https://chartertsa.uk/
- About the course
- Interview process
- How school placements work
- Fees
- Financial support
- Requirements
- About the training provider
- Training with disabilities and other needs
- Contact details
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About the course
This PGCE course prepares you to teach French in the 11-16 age ranges with opportunities to gain experience of teaching post-16. It is an integrated academic and professional preparation for teaching, combining study at either postgraduate or professional level with practical training to meet the Teachers' Standards.
Trainees following this course are encouraged to explore a wide range of creative approaches to planning, teaching and evaluating MFL lessons, covering communicative language teaching, developing classroom language, the four language skills (speaking, listening, reading and writing), as well as focusing on learner strategies and learner autonomy, the role of grammar, cultural awareness and new technologies in language teaching. The course is built upon principles of inclusion and diversity in teaching and learning for all pupils, whatever their potential and achievements. Throughout the course, trainees study different methods of assessment and how they support classroom learning and teaching; in particular, the role of formative assessment in the development of metacognitive skills and language learning strategies.
You will consider the broader aspects of teaching, contexts for learning, the latest government initiatives and contemporary issues in teaching, learning and assessment. You will also work alongside trainee teachers of other subjects to consider cross-curricular aspects of education. These topics will introduce you to your career in the teaching profession.
Throughout your year of study, you will explore all aspects of your subject. This includes those areas that are your strengths, as well as areas you may need to improve upon. You will study how pupils learn in your subject area, how you need to assess them and how to keep abreast of new developments within your subject. You will learn how to plan and deliver topics in ways that include all types of learners in meaningful ways.
Interview process
Once shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend one of our schools. The interview requires applicants to undertake a series of individual tasks. The interview tasks include; an assessment of classroom proficiency and teaching potential through a teaching activity, a formal panel interview, a written subject task.
The purpose of the day is for us to get to know you and for you to get to know us. Once the interview has taken place the panel will discuss how they can best support you in becoming an outstanding teacher and which one of our schools are best placed to help you achieve.
How school placements work
You will spend a significant part of the year in partner schools and other educational settings gaining rich and varied experiences, during this time you will work with the support of a school mentor to evidence your progress towards meeting the standards for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). Working with peers, tutors and school-based colleagues, you will develop your abilities to promote effective learning among 11-19 year olds. You will also have opportunities to gain experience of the key stages before and after the ones in which you will qualify.
Financial support
You could be eligible for either:
- a scholarship of £28,000
- a bursary of £26,000
With a scholarship or bursary, you'll also get early career payments of £2,000 in your second, third and fourth years of teaching (£3,000 in some areas of England).
To qualify for a scholarship you'll need a degree of 2:1 or above in Modern Languages (French) or a related subject. For a bursary you'll need a 2:2 or above in any subject.
You can't claim both a bursary and a scholarship - you can only claim one.
Find out how to apply for a scholarship. You don't need to apply for a bursary - if you're eligible, you'll automatically start receiving it once you begin your course. Find out how you'll be paid.
You may also be eligible for a loan while you study – note that you'll have to apply for undergraduate student finance.
Find out about financial support if you're from outside the UK.
The minimum qualifications needed are:
- 2nd class degree or higher
- GCSEs at grade C/4 or above in English and Mathematics, or equivalent.
Personal qualities
Applicants must show enthusiasm and confidence for the subject, a commitment to teaching and possess a genuine desire to enhance the learning experiences of all young people. Applicants must have the ability to work effectively as a member of a team, show good interpersonal skills and have a sense of humour. Good communication and organisational skills are essential.
Other requirements
Please note that prior School-based experience is not a statutory requirement for applicants but such school-based experience is of course welcomed and encouraged.
About the training provider
Charter TSA is an alliance of schools, and other partners, led by Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, who are working together to train the next generation of outstanding teachers. The School Direct teacher training route is led by Charter TSA, working in partnership with local schools and Bishop Grosseteste University (BGU).
The School Direct teacher training programme with Charter TSA is an excellent opportunity for graduates and career changers to join the teaching profession. School Direct is a route into teaching that places school-led training at the heart of the experience.
The Charter TSA programme is primary and secondary age focused with a 3-11 and 11-18 pathway. On our School Direct teacher training programme, you'll be given in-depth experience in the classroom. You will be based in one of the schools in the partnership and you'll also be taught by BGU, attending lectures and seminars to bolster your hands-on experience with theories. In addition, away from the classroom, you'll receive practical training sessions from SLEs, experienced teachers and the team at Charter TSA.
We recommend that you train to teach with Charter TSA as we provide opportunities for varied placements in great schools, we have a strong partnership with BGU, a university recognised for teaching excellence and we offer a wide range of experts to provide practical help and support.
About the accredited body
The accredited provider for the Charter TSA School Direct programme is Bishop Grosseteste University (BGU). The teaching at BGU has been awarded the highest possible rating in the first ever Government-led Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) assessment, a rating awarded to only the top 26% of universities in the UK. BGU was praised specifically for their "personalised approach with high quality support" and the outstanding support that is available which ensures "that students from all backgrounds achieve excellent outcomes". BGU also provide excellent employability prospects with over 97% of students securing work or further study within 6 months of graduating.
Training with disabilities and other needs
Charter TSA believe that teachers with disabilities and other needs, make an important contribution to schools both in the classroom and in shaping the wider culture and ethos of the schools they work in. The schools that we work with value diversity and the unique contribution that all their staff and trainees bring. If you have a disability, you shouldn't be dissuaded from applying.
At Charter TSA we welcome our duties under the Equality Act 2010. We understand the principles of the act and the work needed to ensure that those with protected characteristics are not discriminated against and are given equality of opportunity. In advancing equality of opportunity we aim to remove or minimise any disadvantages suffered by people due to their protected characteristics, we aim to meet the needs of employees with certain protected characteristics where these are different from the needs of other staff, we encourage staff with certain protected characteristics to participate in school life or in other activities where their participation is disproportionately low.
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I had been traveling for about a month now for business and luckily had a few chances to go out shooting when possible. I was in Pittsburgh this past week and gave my good friends Dave DiCello HDR Exposed and Mike Criswell aka Theaterwiz a heads up and we had a few early morning hours to catch some pics before my flight left at noon. We met at 5 AM and you will see in the next few months…we tackled some great locations and took some sweet HDR's. Thanks to Dave for driving…his knowledge of Pittsburgh is key! Mike cruised in from Ohio and I cant even remember where I came in from…oh yeah Cleveland.
We have an HDR Mafia in Austin…as Mike noted on his blog yesterday…it is time for Mike & Dave to start an East Coast Chapter. Check out Mike's shot on his blog..another sweet HDR. Dave will get his version up soon! While shooting, we had to capture the moment and look like tough guys…the shot above was our second location for posing. Funny…we were walking in the Strip District and I said…I had seen some old tires stacked in someones shot online…I wish we could find it! Then whammo..right in front of us right after I completed my sentence.
The shot above was an HDR Composite. I am learning this method and its quite easy. Take a normal shot of your subjects and then have them step away and while keeping the camera in the same position…take the scene in HDR (This was 7 exposures). Combine the two in photoshop layers, blend, touch up and thats it! This one I added a little extra touch from onOne's Photo Tools.
I had a blast shooting with Dave & Mike! Two super talented HDR artists! Follow their blogs and check out their sweet HDR's! The Burgh Rules! In this pic from left to right: Pete Talke, Dave DiCello, Mike Criswell


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Several months ago, I published the first interview I had conducted for the Organizational Strategist. Here is another interview that investigates how strategy can take many different forms from many unique circumstances and experiences.
Fred Collopy (Professional Profile) and I met while I attended graduate school. His experience comes from continual cultivation of ideas, challenging the norm, and seeking out what matters most. Thankfully, Fred has given us some interesting gems to understand that can help illuminate our own perspectives.
Interviewing Fred Collopy
1) How do you define yourself?
"I think of myself in numerous ways. Of course, I am a husband, father, and member of the human community. Beyond that I am a professor. But I guess if I am going to make a stab at "defining" myself, I usually talk about myself as a designer. I have designed things for as long as I can remember. For me, they have usually taken the form of software. I designed The Desk Organizer, published by Warner Software as the first personal computer program to integrate the information and tools that people use at their desks. Later, I designed an approach to business forecasting that integrates judgment with mathematical models and selects which models are likely to perform well for the situation. Currently I am designing an instrument (called Imager) that plays abstract graphics in real-time."
2) What do you do? This can be from a professional and/or personal take.
"Well, some of that it covered in the answer to this first question. I design. But I also teach. And teaching is a big part of my identity. I also do research. At the moment I am excited to be part of a research group that is exploring new representations of accounting and financial information. We have devised one way of looking at the dynamics of a firm that uses no numbers, only colors, shapes and movements (the Cycle Model). Interestingly, in early tests of the design, users are able to make judgments about the health of firms that are better than those made using spreadsheets and classic business graphics. And it appears that even less well-trained people can do this.
This work builds on research that I have done in forecasting methods as well as work I have done in creating new kinds of instruments, instruments that enable visual artists to play images in the ways the musicians play sounds. It also serves as a vehicle for furthering our understanding of how design can inform management."
3) What has been your strategy that has lead to your success?
"My strategy has been to do what I find interesting and think is important. I have tried to do this even when the pressures to accommodate the tenure and promotion processes pushed against it. I started on the design of Imager, for example, at a time where people advised me to focus on my "more scientific" work exclusively. But the work on Imager was so different that it stretched parts of my thinking that ended up being useful in our work on the Cycle Model. Similarly our work on Managing as Designing started out as a shared interest rather than a clear research program. As we thought and wrote, researchable issues came into focus. So my interests lead my work more often than not."
4) What are the most critical elements in implementing your strategy?
"I have been very fortunate in that I have received a great education in my field, and have received great support from colleagues and the institutions I have worked at. Other people, both professional and personal relationships, are the most critical thing. They provide complementary ideas, serve as critics and sounding boards, encourage, and otherwise support and augment what I do. Very little is done alone in the areas where I work; collective activity is what produces real insight and interesting products."
5) Describe any occasions where you had to change or course correct your strategy.
"I spent the early part of my professional life building small businesses; a high-fidelity loudspeaker company, a software company, and a consulting practice. These had their satisfactions, but they also dictated the things that I could think about and the problems I could work on. By and large, they required a very particular focus, usually on a client's immediate need. The shift to an academic pursuit meant that I could work on a broader sweep of issues at any given time. This broader sweep is what interests me."
6) What advice would you offer to others so that they may achieve their own success?
"Focus on things you really care about. So many people take the view that they have to do this now, in order to eventually get to do what they really want to do. We are among the wealthiest people who have ever lived. That creates an immense degree of freedom. And we owe it to ourselves and to the world to take advantage of that. If you have a passion for what you are working on, you bring extraordinary resources to the task. The world needs that."


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The smartphone landscape has seen a lot of disruption ever since Apple launched the iPhone in 2007. Most of the existing platforms, like Symbian, Blackberry, Windows Mobile etc., have either been killed or have been rendered useless. Google launched Android and went from a zero market share to being the market leader in a couple of years. Microsoft seems to have adapted well and launched Windows Phone 7, the successor of Windows Mobile.
Nokia's Maemo and Intel's Moblin, which were hardly seeing any traction, combined to form MeeGo, backed by both the companies. When Nokia embraced Windows Phone 7 in a bid to revive itself, Intel tried to save MeeGo. However, there wasn't much it could have done to save it from its eventual fate – being dead-pooled.
Today, Intel has merged MeeGo (which was almost in a zombie state) with LiMo, another dying platform, to form Tizen. LiMo will host the project and Intel will support its development along with Samsung. If you're wondering what the hell Samsung is doing with Tizen, when it has Bada to look after, don't worry, you're not alone. Everyone is wondering the same thing.
Reports indicate that Tizen will be launched in Q1 2012, with some devices by Intel and Samsung hitting the market by Q2 2012. I doubt Tizen will be able to attract any developers at all. Who would want to develop apps for such a whimsical platform that could be merged with some other platform after a few months, or even die?
Here's the official announcement: Welcome to Tizen!
Today we are happy to welcome you to Tizen, a new open source project that is the home of the Tizen software platform, a mobile and device operating system based on Linux and other popular upstream projects. Tizen will support multiple device categories, such as smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, netbooks, and in-vehicle infotainment devices. The Linux Foundation will host the project, where Tizen development will be completely open and led by a technical steering team composed of Intel and Samsung.
The Tizen application programming interfaces are based on HTML5 and other web standards, and we anticipate that the vast majority of Tizen application development will be based on these emerging standards. These APIs will cover various platform capabilities, such as messaging, multimedia, camera, network, and social media. For those who use native code in their applications, the Tizen SDK will include a native development kit. We will open the entire Tizen software stack, from the core OS up through the core applications and polished user interfaces.
We expect the first release of Tizen and its SDK in the first quarter of 2012.


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Samsung HP-S5053 50-inch Plasma HDTV
Samsung has its hands in so many different TV categories - front- and rear-projection DLP TVs, flat-panel plasma and LCD sets, even old-school cathode-ray tube models - that it's hard to keep track of all the stuff they sell. Here at Sound & Vision, we've been so busy chasing down their recent DLP and LCD TVs that we've neglected to check out the plasma models - a situation we'll correct right now by giving the new Samsung HP-S5053 50-inch plasma HDTV a comprehensive look.
What We Think
|A nice-priced bigscreen plasma that delivers a crisp high-def picture and, for the most part, good overall video performance.
With the HD DVD and Blu-ray formats now available, you'll want two HDMI connectors on your TV - one for a high-definition disc player and another for your HDTV cable box or satellite receiver. Samsung's got you covered there with two HDMI jacks, along with dual component-video connections and a VGA port for hooking up a computer.
The slim remote control echoes the TV's sleek, black design. Although it's not backlit, the buttons are cleanly arranged and vary enough in shape and size that you can easily locate the one you want in a dim room. As with many other TV remotes, you have to repeatedly press the Source button to toggle through the set's video inputs. Fortunately, only inputs with video sources currently connected show up on the list. You select display modes with the Picture Size button. The choices for standard 480i and 480p signals include 4:3, widescreen 16:9, and two picture-zoom settings. For HDTV programs, you can select between widescreen 16:9 and 4:3.
SETUP After I plugged an antenna into one of the Samsung's RF inputs (the second connector is for analog cable hookups), the TV's channel scan feature easily grabbed the digital broadcasts in the area, displaying channel IDs for all stations in an onscreen grid. The Samsung lacks any sort of electronic program guide (not a big loss, really), but pressing the Info button on the remote will let you see the basic data embedded in the broadcast, including channel ID, title, and program description.
To adjust the Samsung's image, you press the Picture Mode button on the remote and switch between its four picture presets (Dynamic, Standard, Movie, and Custom). Settings for each preset can be adjusted in the Picture menu and the set will remember your changes, but only one preset, Custom, can be independently tweaked for each of the video inputs. When customizing presets, you can also select from five Color Tone (color temperature) modes: Cool 1 and 2, Normal, and Warm 1 and 2. During testing, the Warm 2 setting measured closest to the 6,500-K TV grayscale standard and consequently delivered the most natural-looking color.
Other features in the HP-S5053's setup menu include video noise reduction and a suite of image-enhancement features Samsung calls DNIe (Digital Natural Image engine). Enabling noise reduction barely helped at all when I watched poor-quality cable or satellite TV programs, such as a Green Acres rerun on TV Land. DNIe, in contrast, helped improve picture quality somewhat, although I preferred to turn it off entirely when viewing DVDs and HDTV, which this Samsung set allows you to do (some previous models did not).
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Introduction to Sybase, Part 1: Setting Up the Server
Sybase has released their SQL Database product for Linux. This is a port of their full commercial database product—it is not crippled in any way. This series of articles will describe how to install and configure the server and how to set up and use clients. It would be impossible to teach everything about developing and maintaining client-server applications in a short series of articles, but these should get you started.
The Sybase SQL Server is an industrial-strength client-server database engine. It manages data and allows many clients to access this data efficiently and securely. The Sybase SQL Server allows you to concentrate on writing your application rather than on writing data access and security code.
Before installing the server, you must determine if your system can handle it. The server with all the documentation will require approximately 180MB of disk space plus space for your databases. A running server will take a minimum of 21MB of RAM. If you have many clients, you should give your server much more RAM; so for small development systems, a minimum of 32MB is required. For small-scale production servers, I would suggest a minimum of 64MB of RAM. As usual, the more RAM you give it, the faster it runs.
I have installed the server on numerous Red Hat 5.1 systems, as it requires the newer glibc libraries. If you have an older Linux installation that does not include the glibc libraries (Red Hat 4.2 and below), you should upgrade your system. If you have a non-Red Hat system, you will also need an RPM tool to install the files. The server is distributed as two RPM files. According to the Sybase Linux web page (http://linux.sybase.com/), you can install the server only on Red Hat Linux 5.x and Caldera OpenLinux 1.3. In my opinion, you could install it on any Linux system—it would just be a bit more difficult than if you are using the Red Hat or Caldera version.
The web URL to access these files is http://linux.sybase.com/. This site will point you to one of the sites that offers the files for download. Remember this site—it contains important information you will need when using your SQL Server. After entering your registration information, you will be able to download two RPM files: one containing the Sybase SQL Server, the other with documentation in HTML and PostScript. This is approximately 40MB of data, so if you have a slow Internet connection, be prepared to wait a while. Fortunately, installing the software will take much less time than downloading it.
To install the server, log in to your Linux system as root and type the following command:
rpm -i sybase-ase-188.8.131.52-1.i386.rpm
You will be asked to read the license agreement; then it will install the Sybase server to the /opt/sybase directory. On my system, this is a problem because I usually don't have enough space on the partition to hold /opt/sybase, so I make a link that redirects /opt to /usr/local before installing. This works because it doesn't matter where the software is installed—it will work from any directory. From now on, I'll assume you have installed the server in its default location.
During the installation, you will be asked to create a group named sybase and a user named sybase. You will use the sybase user to perform maintenance on the database server. All users who need access to the Sybase server should be members of the group named sybase.
Now install the documentation files by running the following command:
rpm -i sybase-doc-188.8.131.52-1.i386.rpm
One thing the installation does not do is set the owner of the files correctly. While you are still logged in as root, issue the following command:
chown -R sybase:sybase /opt/sybase
Now that all the files are installed on your system, it is time to configure an SQL server and a backup server. A backup server is used to back up data in the SQL server while the SQL server is running. It guarantees that when restored, your database will have the proper integrity. Copying your database files from the operating system will not guarantee that your database tables will be restored properly.
A single host can have multiple SQL servers if necessary. I would not recommend doing so, but it is an option. For our example, we will configure a single SQL server and a single backup server on our host.
Log in as the user sybase using the password you set when installing the SQL server. Since it is your first login as the sybase user, the login script will ask if you would like to run sybinit. The sybinit program is used to configure new and existing Sybase servers and is located in the /opt/sybase/install directory.
If you installed the documentation, you can follow along with the installation by using your browser and accessing the file /opt/sybase/doc/howto/howto-ase-quickstart.html. There isn't room in the magazine to display all the screens you will see. These screens are documented in the Quickstart Guide that comes with the server.
The first option you should pick is option 3, "Configure a Server product". Configure the SQL Server first by selecting option 1. Since this is a new server, select option 1 again. Each server should have a unique name. I recommend naming the server based on its function. For example, a production decision support server could be named dss_prod. A development accounting server could be named acctng_dev. For this example, name the server linux_dev. When you finish filling in the data for a screen, press ctrl-A to save your data. Press ctrl-A now. At this point, nine more steps are required to configure this SQL server.
Select option 1. The interfaces file tells Sybase products where servers are located. Each server will listen on a specific port on its host. Just like SMTP mail, TELNET and web services, Sybase servers need a unique port to allow network connections. The interface file will hold the server name, host name and port number for each sybase server on your network. Select option 3 to add the port information for the linux_dev server. The sybinit program will automatically fill in the host name for your host. You should specify the TCP/IP port your server will listen on. For this example, select option 2, then specify 2360 as the port number. Any unused port will work. Press ctrl-A to save this entry in the interfaces file. After you confirm that everything is correct, press ctrl-A again.
If you have multiple sybase servers that you access, you can add information for each server into your interfaces file.
Before continuing, a little background information will be helpful. Database tables will hold the data for your application. For example, an accounts payable application would have an invoice table, a vendor table and a payment table. A database can hold many tables. A Sybase server will have multiple databases. An accounting application might have general ledger, accounts payable and accounts receivable databases. When a server is installed, it will have four databases:
master: The master database holds configuration data for the entire server.
model: The model database is the basis for all new databases created on the server.
sybsystemprocs: The sybsystemprocs database holds stored procedures used to maintain the server.
tempdb: The tempdb database is a temporary workspace used when processing queries.
The sybase server manages disk space in devices. A device is a pre-allocated file of a specific size. A device file can be up to 2GB. A single server can have many devices. Databases are created on devices.
Select option 2. The master device holds the master database, the model database and the tempdb database. Its default size is 21MB. You can move the location of this file if you wish. If you have enough disk space, you can leave it in its current location. Press ctrl-A to save this screen. The sybinit program will give you a warning about the file name you selected. This is normal; on Linux, it will always give this warning. On other UNIX operating systems, the Sybase server devices should be raw partitions on the disk. This isn't possible on the current version of Linux, so we have to put our devices in operating system files.
Select option 3. The sybsystemprocs database contains stored procedures used to maintain the server. This database can also be used to store any procedures you write for server maintenance. I recommend you double the size of this database, so that you can add additional stored procedures to your server. When you do this, you have to select option 5 to increase the size of the device before you select option 1 to increase the size of the database. Put 32MB for options 5 and 1. You can leave the rest of the options as they are, unless you would like to place the device file in a different location. Press ctrl-A to save this screen.
Select option 4. As the server runs, it writes error messages to a text log file. This screen lets you set the location and name of this file. I recommend you give this file the same name as the database server. Change option 1 to /opt/sybase/install/linux_dev.log. Press ctrl-A to save this screen.
Select option 5. The database server needs to know the name of its backup server. I always give the backup server the same name as the database server, with _bs on the end. Change option 1 to linux_dev_bs. Press ctrl-A to save this screen.
Select option 6. The server can use many languages. I have never used anything other than us_english, so I can't tell you what will happen when choosing another language. For our example, just press ctrl-A to save the default for this screen.
Select option 7. You can configure which character set to use when communicating between a client and the server. Each client will tell the server which character set it should use. If you do not know for sure that you need another character set, you should accept the defaults for this screen. Press ctrl-A to save this screen.
Select option 8. Here you can specify which order to use when sorting data. By default, the server uses a binary order when sorting. This is the fastest sort method; however, when sorting words that are upper and lower case, the server uses the ASCII character set to sort so that uppercase letters are sorted before lowercase letters. Change the sort order to the dictionary sort order so that words are sorted properly regardless of case. Press ctrl-A.
Select option 9. If you wish, you can have the server maintain auditing information about users. For our example, we won't install auditing. Press ctrl-A to configure the server to not maintain auditing records.
We have now told the sybinit program everything it needs to know to configure your SQL server. Press ctrl-A to save your configuration. The sybinit program will now configure your SQL server. It will warn you about the master device file again, but it will create the devices and prepare the server for use. Your new SQL database server is now running on your system.
Press ctrl-A to go to the previous screen. The next step is to configure a new backup server. Select option 2, then option 1 to configure a new backup server. The name of the backup server should be linux_dev_bs. Press ctrl-A to save the backup server name.
I recommend changing the name of the backup server log file to /opt/sybase/install/linux_dev_bs.log. This server needs to be specified in the interfaces file also. It will listen on its own unique port. Select option 2. Select option 3 to add a new listener. As before, the host name has already been specified. Change option 2 to 2361. This will be the port for the backup server. Press ctrl-A to save this screen. Press ctrl-A again to write this entry in the interfaces file.
Everything else should be correct, so press ctrl-A to save this screen. The sybinit program will now configure the backup server and start it for you. Both the SQL server and the backup server should now be running on your host.
We are almost done, but there are three steps we need to finish. Press ctrl-A to go to the previous screen. Select option 4, "Configure an Open Client/Server Product". These three products should be configured before you use them. To be honest, I don't know what configuring these products does because no options are available and they seem to work before configuring; however, it can't hurt to follow the directions. Select each of the three options one after the other to configure them. When you are finished, press ctrl-A to leave this screen. Press ctrl-A again to leave the sybinit program.
All of your entries are recorded in a log file. If you are configuring a production system, print this log file and keep it on hand in case you need to recreate the server that crashed at two in the morning.
There is a basic client that comes with the Sybase SQL Server. This program is called isql. It is an interactive SQL program that allows you to enter SQL commands to the server and see the results. At the command line, type:
isql -Usa -Slinux_dev
The -U option tells the isql program which user name to use; sa is the system administrator account. It is similar to root on Linux. It has all rights in the server. The -S option specifies to which server to connect. In our case, the server name is linux_dev. The isql program will ask you for a password. Right after an installation, the sa user does not have a password, so just press enter. You can now enter SQL commands that will run on your SQL server.
The first command to run is a stored procedure that lets you change the password of a user. At the 1> prompt, type
sp_password null,'
sp_password is the name of the stored procedure. The sa user has no password, so we pass null as the first parameter. This parameter should be the password of the current user. The second parameter is the new password; put this password in quotes.
At the 2> prompt, type:
go tells the isql program to execute the command. If you make a mistake while typing a command before typing go, you can type reset to erase the command and try again.
All of the configuration information for the SQL server is stored in tables in the master database. Type the following:
1> select name from sysdatabases 2> go
This is an SQL command that queries the sysdatabases table. It will list the names of all the databases in your server. Almost all of the configuration information for the SQL server is stored in database tables. The documentation will give you more information on these tables.
To quit the isql program, type quit at the 1> prompt.
The SQL server comes with a script that will install an example database on your server. To install this database, type the following command at the $ prompt:
sql -Usa -i ~sybase/scripts/installpubs2 \ -Slinux_dev
Type your new password when prompted. The script will create a database called pubs2, then create tables with data in them. You can now type queries like the following:
isql -Usa -Slinux_dev Password: 1> use pubs2 2> go 1> select * from authors 2> go au_id au_lname ... ----------- ------------------- ... 172-32-1176 White ... 213-46-8915 Green ... ... 1> quit
Before you shut down your Linux system, you should shut down your Sybase servers. Do this using the isql program. Log in as the sa user to shut down the server. Once you are in isql, type shutdown SYB_BACKUP to shut down the backup server. SYB_BACKUP is the default name for a backup server. Then type shutdown to shut down the SQL server; this will remove both servers from memory. Now you can shut down your Linux system. If you don't shut down the servers properly, you could corrupt data. I recommend writing a script to perform this task automatically.
To start up the servers, you need to be logged in as the user sybase. Change to the install directory and type:
./startserver -f ./RUN_linux_dev
to start the SQL server and then
./startserver -f ./RUN_linux_dev_bsto start the backup server. A startup script named /etc/rc.d/init.d/sybase is installed on your system. You can link this script to the proper places in your rc.d directories so the server will automatically start and stop when you start and stop your Linux system.
You have installed the SQL server and the backup server and you know how to start and stop it. There is still more to learn about the server. At the end of this article is a list of resources that can help you learn about your new Sybase SQL server. I recommend reading the PostScript documentation that comes with the server. If you don't want to print the hundreds of pages of documentation, you can use ghostscript to view them. For an easier way to view the documentation, go to http://sybooks.sybase.com/dynaweb and select Sybase Version 11.0.x Products. You can read all the documentation via Sybase's web site.
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This page text should be moved to Shadow Clone Explosion. Jacce 15:38, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
- Why is that? Looking at the kanji "Clone Great Explosion" would be the correct literal translation, not "Shadow Clone Explosion". ~NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) current discussion Sep 27, 2008 @ 02:32 (UTC)
- I don't read kanji, I just checked Leafninja and went with their translation. However the two pages cover the same technique with different names. Jacce 06:44, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
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It appears as though the Mizukage uses a way way more advance version of this technique.--DragonStyleNaruto (talk) 23:55, September 28, 2011 (UTC)
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The risk of hospitalization for coronary artery disease, stroke, or amputation of the feet or legs was slightly lower among patients with a South Asian background (HR 0.95, 95% CI 0.90-1.00) and substantially lower for Chinese patients (HR 0.50, 95% CI 0.46-0.53), according to Baiju Shah, MD, PhD, of the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences in Toronto, and colleagues.
And over a median 4.7 years of follow-up, the risk of dying was 42% lower for South Asian patients (HR 0.58, 95% CI 0.55-0.62) and 44% lower for Chinese patients (HR 0.56, 95% CI 0.52-0.60), the researchers reported in the September issue of Diabetes Care.
"We have previously shown that the utilization of and quality of care is similar between these populations, so the differences in cardiovascular disease burden and mortality may occur because new-onset diabetes in South Asian and Chinese patients is less severe [than] in European patients," Shah and colleagues wrote.
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Through follow-up, cardiovascular complications occurred at a rate (per 1,000 person-years) of 17.9 among Europeans, 16.8 among South Asians, and 8.1 among Chinese patients. Patients died at rates of 22.2, 12.6, and 12.2 per 1,000 person-years, respectively, in the three groups.
Of the components of the cardiovascular complication endpoint, coronary artery disease was less frequent among Chinese patients (but not South Asian patients), stroke was less frequent among South Asians (but not Chinese patients), and lower-extremity amputation was less frequent for both ethnic groups compared with Europeans.
Europeans carried a greater risk of cardiovascular complications and death during follow-up despite having more intensive diabetes screening before receiving their diagnosis; the average number of lab tests for diabetes screening in the 2 years before diagnosis was 2.47 for Europeans and 2.38 and 2.37 for South Asians and Chinese patients, respectively (P<0.001 for both).
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The study was funded by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario, with additional support from the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, a nonprofit research institute funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Shah receives support from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Canadian Diabetes Association. One of his co-authors reported support from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario.
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Just three months after wrapping work on the Detroit set of "Sparkle" – the remake of the cult 1976 film about the rise of three singing sisters, now set in the Motown-era '60s with Houston playing their stern matriarch – the oft-celebrated, oft-controversial singer was discovered in her suite at a Beverly Hills hotel, dead at age 48 from an accidental drowning.
It was a tragic conclusion to what might have been a capstone to Houston's ongoing, occasionally wobbly, professional comeback bid following years of personal dramas that derailed her. After leaving her longtime, often legally-embattled husband Bobby Brown and attempting to gain control of her substance abuse issues, Houston had slowly but surely mounted a musical return since 2009. "Sparkle," a project that was close to the singer's heart and which she chose to co-produce, was expected to be the latest step forward in her long-road to reclaiming the respect and admiration that characterized her early career by bringing her back to the big screen.
Houston had acted in only a handful of films over two decades, making her big screen debut in hugely popular film "The Bodyguard," followed by successes with "Waiting to Exhale," "The Preacher's Wife" and the musical television movie "Cinderella." But with Emma, "Sparkle's" devout and dedicated anti-showbiz mother, Houston demonstrates – despite some apparent tolls taken by her turbulent life – that she can still be a particularly compelling screen presence.
The singer's collaborators on "Sparkle" – her longtime producing partner and close friend Deborah Martin Chase, director Salim Akil, and co-stars Jordin Sparks, Carmen Ejogo, Tiki Sumpter, Mike Epps, Derek Luke and Omari Hardwick – share their memories of their colleague with PopcornBiz, recalling Houston's generous spirit toward her younger co-stars, her enduring love of the source material and her expectation that "Sparkle" would be anything but her final film performance.
Deborah Martin Chase: This has been a 12-year journey. Whitney and I were producing partners at Brown House and she every now and then would call up with an idea. She called one day and said 'What do you think about remaking "Sparkle?"' And I was like 'Oh my God – that's one of my favorite movies!' And she said 'Mine too!'
Carmen Ejogo: This meant so much to her, this project. She obsessed over it since she was 13. She watched it every single Saturday, for months after it first came out, the original version. And as a mother, the timing of her making this movie now – as opposed to eleven years ago when she first tried to start making it – was perfect, because she now brought an understanding of that role.
Martin Chase: It's like the stars finally aligned for it to happen. I mean, when we set it up originally, she was talking about playing Sister, and I was like 'Uh-unh – it's not good. You look too old.' It just wasn't right. And she was like, 'Are you sure?' 'Uh-unh.' [Laughs] So [when the project moved forward at Sony years later] my immediate thought was Whitney should be the mom: she was like 45, 46, with three grown daughters, but I wasn't sure. And I called her longtime agent and my dear friend Nicole David, and I was like "What do you think?" And she said 'Talk to her about it.'
This was right at the time when she was doing her comeback album, so I was in New York and Clive [Davis, Houston's longtime mentor and music producer] has these listening parties: it was fabulous – it was in the big room at the Columbus Circle with Central Park as the backdrop. It was like a Who's Who with Martha Stewart and Diane Sawyer and Diddy – It was full on! And she was gracious and beautiful and she sang. It was a fabulous evening. So after it was over I made my way through, and everybody was surrounding her, congratulating her, and I whispered in her ear 'I have something to talk to you about.' And she grabbed me and said 'Girl, I'm in! I heard – we're going to make "Sparkle" finally! I've got ideas for the music! I'm so happy!' And we gave each other a big hug and that was the beginning of this journey.
Salim Akil: She came to work. She had her script with her every day. She had notes in her script. We would talk about the scene. We would adjust this moment or adjust that moment depending on what I felt I needed, and she had totally given herself over the character. She really wanted to play the character of Emma, and not be Whitney Houston playing it – 'Here I am, playing a character." So a lot of people are touched when she sings that song – can't help but be. But I don't think you would be as touched if she hadn't done the work up to that point, because you believe who she is and you believe in her pain and you believe in her struggle.
Jordin Sparks: There's a parallel between Whitney and I, just with how we grew up in the church and started at a fairly young age. I'm still young at this point in my career and here I am working with Whitney – like, one of the biggest things for me, idolizing her. She did "The Bodyguard" and Kevin Costner was the biggest thing at the time, so she knew about being the person walking on set and just be like [shrinks into her seat] 'Okay…here we go.' We never really got a chance to talk about it, but she had gone through that, so she was like 'Do you need anything? Are you okay?' She was always very encouraging: 'You got this. Believe in your gift' – things like that. But then when it was the scenes where she was like 'You ain't getting no [record] deal!' I was just like [Bolts upright, eyes wide]. I was staring – I was sad because I had to react to it, so I was in that moment of Sparkle, but at the same time, I'm like 'Whitney Houston is yelling at me! This is the most amazing thing ever!' So it was really fun. Part of me was freaking out because it was Whitney and the other part of me is like 'Jordin, calm down! You need to work.' I was exhausted at the end of the day with all that going on, but it was incredible to be able to work with her.
Mike Epps: Man, I remember going in the trailer in the morning – the makeup trailer is like the water cooler area – and Whitney had her little compartment up there where she was doing her hair, and boy, she was playing Michael Jackson in there and she was singing with him. It sounded like both of them was in there, and I was like, 'Damn! Whitney and Mike is in there getting their hair done!' Michael firing back. Whitney firing back – I'm not lying: I'm sitting there, she's behind the door and was bumping Michael Jackson and she was singing with him. It sounded like they were both in the room, getting their hair done.
Derek Luke: We had a photo-shoot with Whitney, and that woman – she can move, man! Me and Omari had her sandwiched and we had music on and we weren't grinding, but we were dancing, and she was just working it. She was working the camera. She was working us, and to me that's just a moment that sticks out right now. Getting to see the diva.
Omari Hardwick: She was doing her makeup on the set of the house that her character owns. At this point it was where we were all comfortable enough to ask her certain things. I just leaned in and whispered to her, 'Whitney, can you sing a little bit of "You Give Good Love To Me?"' And she leaned back and said 'Oh, Omari, that was so long ago!' She said it in a way that kind of infected me because she made it look like she couldn't still do it. I'm like, 'Girl, you sing it better now than you probably did back then.' And she gave me a little bit of it, and our key makeup person got a picture of it. So I have the picture at home, of her leaning back and trying to belt out 'You Give Good Love To Me.'
Sparks: She was one of us. She just loved hanging out with us. She loved talking to us and she just wanted to see everybody else do well. She just wanted to push everybody else into the spotlight, which was completely unexpected, but instead of being like 'I'm gonna film my scenes and go back to my trailer and I'm not gonna talk to anybody,' she would come to set just to watch some of the scenes even if she wasn't working that day. My biggest thing that I learned from her – which I knew already, but it's always good to have a reminder – it doesn't matter how big you get, you're never too big to say hello to somebody or to have a conversation with somebody or smile to someone. And to see that example from Whitney – it was so incredible, having loved her and idolized her.
Martin Chase: Whitney always saw herself as a musician first and that the acting came her way, wasn't something she fought for – Kevin Costner approached her about being in 'The Bodyguard' – so in some ways she took it for granted. And she didn't train, but she had natural instincts. But she would always say 'I'm a singer first.' So I think she went through a period where she wanted to live. You know? She had done everything, been on the road since she was a young woman. You get to a point in your life where you want to catch up with your life, spend time with your child and your husband or whatever – and obviously her life had its tumultuous periods. But…she was ready. She was just really ready. I think that in terms of the priority of comebacks, it was more important for her personally for her to come back as a singer with that album, and the warm reception that it received let her know that people still cared. And then she was ready, when the right thing came along, to get back into acting.
Ejogo: You have to really respect the body of work. I think really great, great artists rarely lead flatline lives. They're going to be up and down by the nature of the fact that they have brilliance about them. So if at the end of the day you can look back and recognize that there was a body of work to respect, which I think was absolutely the case with Whitney, then it shouldn't be a surprise that to work with her on set – she delivered. She's consistently delivered as an actress onscreen. It's easy to be distracted by a lot of the personal life experiences that she went through, but professionally, onscreen as an actress, she brings to the table everything that you expect of her, of her career.
Martin Chase: I went up to her after one of the scenes and I pulled her aside and I said 'You've always been a movie star, but now you're an actress.' She beamed. She's, like, 'Really?' and she hugged me. She knew it. See, Whitney, above anything, was a pro. [Since childhood] she was in the studio with [her mother] Cissy, with Elvis [Presley], with Aretha [Franklin', and she knew everybody. And for all the craziness that would go on, she had great instincts: she knew when she was on, she knew when she was off. I used to watch her – it's funny: when I first started working with her, she would sit in her trailer and she would watch her old performances, and at first I was like 'Really?' But she studied them. What she did right, what she did wrong. What she could improve on. She was a pro. So she knew. She knew. She knew she was great.
Akil: After the movie, she whispered in my ear 'We have to do this again.' And I said 'Yes, we will.' So I thought I she was headed toward doing another movie with me. Seriously, I thought she was proud of the work she did, and excited about the work she did, and I know that she was swimming every day and was ready to go get it done. So that's what I thought she was going to do. I was looking forward to her next movie, and hoping it would be mine.
Martin Chase: Whitney singing "Eye on the Sparrow" was just in the moment…We were all in tears. And honestly, it was that combination of…her voice was not what it once was, but it carried a gravity and the richness of a life lived that made the emotion of it all the more real and compelling and it was a beautiful moment.
Ejogo: I feel like we caught something that's such like a goodbye gift wrapped in this perfect bow that is so profound on levels that maybe she wasn't even aware while she was making it that she was delivering. And now with her passing it just becomes even more intense for me.
Martin Chase: For me, personally, when I've sorted through everything, this is my gift to her, that this will be how people remember her. Not the funky pictures of her coming out of nightclubs or some of the other parts of her life, but to see her beautiful and happy and to remember how talented she was.


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A Rustic, Country-Chic Wedding at Stone Ranch in Lodi, California
A plentiful amount of burlap and rustic DIY decor combined with a warm yellow and white color palette set the perfect vibe for this casual, country-chic wedding. Claire Beckman (25 and an insurance account manager) and Nolan Person (29 and a certified public accountant) had their outdoor wedding at Stone Ranch in Lodi, California, which fit the backyard-wedding feel they were looking for in a venue. The couple got married underneath a rustic gazebo made of wood and draped with white linens, located near the lake waterfront that was surrounded by weeping willow trees and vineyards on the property. Claire wore an elegant wedding dress with a sweetheart neckline and a ball gown skirt accented with white flowers and a yellow sash, designed by Mori Lee. The lawn reception had round dining tables dressed in ivory linens with pops of yellow from the flower centerpieces made of daisies, spider mums and craspedia accented with succulents, captured by Julie Nicole Photography. A DIY detail we loved was the standing antique piece that folded open into a seating chart, with numbers written in yellow and names of guests in white underneath. "I don't think it was just any one thing that best reflected us on our wedding day," Claire says. "Nolan and I love to have a good time with friends and family, and we are laid-back when it comes to events."
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McCrory offers plan to privatize NC Medicaid risk
Gov. Pat McCrory's administration wants to privatize North Carolina's $13 billion Medicaid program to hold down the spiraling costs of delivering health care for the elderly and disabled.
State Health and Human Services Secretary Aldona Wos (vahsh) says plans are to recruit about three big managed-care providers who compete as they deliver medical, mental, and dental services throughout North Carolina.
Wos says the plan will hold down rising costs to taxpayers while erasing administrative roadblocks she says frustrate doctors and hospitals who accept Medicaid patients.
Wos says the plan is to pay the managed-care providers a set monthly price for each Medicaid patient enrolled, then let those companies take the risk of cost overruns if they can't keep within budget.
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B&B Poll: Liam's Final Choice
Pick a girl and stick to her already!
For months Liam Spencer has been flip-flopping between Steffy Forrester and Hope Logan. We're not sure about you, but we want him to pick a mate and stick to her for good this time around. Given all that's happened leading up to this point, if you could pick a girl for Liam to be with once and for all who would it be?
Please vote below then feel free to leave us a comment to elaborate on your answer.
Also vote in our Y&R Poll: Leslie's Past to let us know who you'd like to see connected with her current upset surrounding Congressman Wheeler, and share which soap has the best storylines involving the younger crowds by voting in our Weekly Soap Debate: Teen/Young Adult Storylines.
Join us on Twitter @soapoperafan and Facebook. Come tweet and Facebook with us about "The Bold And The Beautiful," all the other soap operas, "Dallas," "Glee," "Grey's Anatomy," "Pretty Little Liars," "Revenge," "Vampire Diaries," and "Venice The Series."
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My name is BlackhawksGirl05 and I am a huge music fan. I enjoy listening to music all the time.
Some of my favorite artists include Usher, Mariah Carey, Ariana Grande, Chris Brown, Stephanie Mills and Anita Baker.
My favorite genres of music include R&B, pop, hip-hop\rap, dance and freestyle\dance music. I also enjoy music from the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s.
Welcome to lyrics.wikia.com, BlackhawksGirl05!
(Thanks to Sean)
LyricWiki is a free, editable lyrics database that has over 2,054,058 pages of lyrics, albums and artists. Included in that database can be songs from any genre, country, or language imaginable. Whatever you are into musically, there is likely something here for you.
A good place to start is by checking out our FAQ and Help pages. The Formatting Artists, Formatting Albums and Formatting Songs are particularly useful sections. Another way to familiarise yourself with the way we do things here at LyricWiki is to look at some of the Artist, Album and Song pages with a Gold star in the top right corner.
If you need further assistance, you can leave a note on the LyricWiki Help Desk. The Help Desk is on the watchlists of the site administrators, so you are likely to get an answer fairly quickly. LyricWiki also has its own chat room, so you might also be able to obtain answers to some of your questions by asking the helpful LyricWikians that frequent there.
If you wish to make comments or suggestions about the site, or if you have any site-related questions, the best place to post these is at the Community Portal. The Community Portal is where most of the discussions about the site and planning goes on.
Important: LyricWiki breaks some of the usual capitalization rules for artists, albums, and song titles. Since this applies to all languages using the Latin alphabet, please be sure to familiarise yourself with our policy by reading LyricWiki:Page Names.
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Although it wouldn't take much to talk us into purchasing either of these full-size SUVs, back in 1981 when they were new Chevrolet made this dealer promo video to illustrate the minute differences between their Blazer and the Ford Bronco.
They start with what is likely the most important factor to any potential full size SUV buyer—Economy. Not surprisingly both get terrible mileage, but the Blazer's is slightly better. That was of course unless you ordered a new Bronco the right way—a fact Chevrolet does a nice job downplaying.
From there this amusing vintage dealer video outlines exactly how to explain the mostly insignificant differences between the two SUVS. To us it's worth watching if only to see what a rust free example of both of these trucks actually looked like.
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What are the Best Super Bowls?
The Super Bowl XLVII is less than a week away and the last 46 Super Bowls have provided plenty of drama. Let's take a look back at some of the most memorable Super Bowls over the last 46 years.
Super Bowl I and II were won by the Green Bay Packers, as they defeated the Kansas City Chiefs and Oakland Raiders. Bart Starr was the first Super Bowl MVP and won the second MVP, as well. Vince Lombardi coached the Packers to their Super Bowl titles and has his name engraved on one of sports most hallowed trophies.
Super Bowl III featured New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath guaranteeing a victory over the 13-1 Baltimore Colts, and "Broadway Joe," came through with his promise when the Jets defeated the Colts, 16 to 7.
The Dallas Cowboys won their first of five Super Bowls starting with Super Bowl VI, when they defeated the Miami Dolphins, 24 to 3 led by quarterback Roger Staubach. The Cowboys rushed for a record 252 yards and their defense limited the Dolphins to 185 yards.
In 1973, the Miami Dolphins capped off the NFL's only perfect season by defeating the Washington Redskins, 14 to 7. Dolphins Jake Scott was the MVP. Scott had two interceptions.
In Super Bowl X, the Pittsburgh Steelers won their first of six Super Bowls by beating the Dallas Cowboys, 21 to 17. Lynn Swann stole the show when he made his famous "Immaculate Reception," and was named MVP by setting a Super Bowl record by gaining 161 yards on four receptions.
Super Bowl XIII featured another classic Super Bowl between the Steelers and Cowboys, and the Steelers won 35 to 31 behind Terry Bradshaw's record four touchdowns and 318 yards. Bradshaw was the MVP in the game. This was the Steelers third Super Bowl win.
Less than a week away when the San Francisco 49ers will try to win their sixth Super Bowl, the 49ers beat the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl XVI, 26 to 21 for their first title. Joe Montana was the game's MVP and Cincinnati had more yards than the 49ers despite losing.
In Super Bowl XXII, the Washington Redskins defeated the Denver Broncos 42 to 10 and Doug Williams became the first African-American quarterback to win the Super Bowl. Williams passed for four touchdowns on the game's biggest stage. Colin Kaepernick could become the second African-American quarterback to win the Super Bowl this week.
The New York Giants won their second Super Bowl in five years in 1991, defeating the Buffalo Bills, 20 to 19 in Super Bowl XXV. The Giants had the ball for a Super Bowl record 40 minutes and 33 seconds. The infamous missed kick that sailed wide right by Scott Norwood spoiled the game for the Bills.
In Super Bowl XXXI, Brett Favre won his first Super Bowl for the Green Bay Packers, defeating the New England Patriots, 35 to 21. Desmond Howard was the MVP, and had a Super Bowl record of 244 total return yards and a kickoff for a score for 99 yards.
In Super Bowl XXXII, and XXXIII, the Denver Broncos won back to back Super Bowls, defeating the Packers and Falcons. Super Bowl XXXII featured the famous call, "this one is for John," and Terrell Davis was the MVP. In the year after, John Elway was the MVP for the Broncos.
In Super Bowl XXXIV, the St Louis Rams, known as the "Greatest Show on Turf," won the Super Bowl when Kevin Jones kept the Titans out of the endzone by tackling the Titans Kevin Dyson at the one yard line. Kurt Warner was the MVP, and passed for a Super Bowl record 414 yards.
The New England Patriots captured their first of three Super Bowls in 2002 in Super Bowl XXXVI and ended the "Greatest Show on Turf," by defeating the St. Louis Rams, 20 to 17 on Adam Vinateri's game-winning 48 yard field goal. The Patriots won Super Bowl XXXVIII and XXXIX.
The New York Giants won their first of two Super Bowls against the Patriots in Super Bowl XLII when wide receiver David Tyree made a fantastic helmet catch and Eli Manning threw a game-winning touchdown to Plaxico Burress with 35 seconds left. In Super Bowl XLVI, Giants wide receiver had more heroics, making a acrobatic sideline catch, and Manning led a 88 yard drive to win the game for the Giants.
In Super Bowl XLIII, the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Arizona Cardinals, 27 to 23 in one of the most underrated Super Bowls. Steelers wide receiver Santanio Holmes, and Super Bowl MVP, scored the go-ahead touchdown with 2:02 to play. Holmes just got his toes down in the endzone to put the Steelers ahead. Kurt Warner had another great Super Bowl, but in ended in a losing effort. Warner passed for 377 yard and three touchdowns.
There's no doubt that Super Bowl XLVII will be exciting and it has plenty of story lines to add for an intriguing game.


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Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Should I title this post: "Forget it" or "Why do I even bother?"
Posted by karen at 11:07 PM 12 comments
Monday, December 20, 2010
a public apology on the blogisphere
Dear Evie B, I apologize for branding you a liar in my last post.
I made the darling crayola wreaths you depicted on your blog, and they were dang cute. The teachers appropriately fawned over them. The students we walked past on the way to the classroom stared. The school nurse gave adequate adulation. The secretaries raved.
My daughters were class heroes.
I was finally that mom. For a day.
[That mom I'd wanted to throttle just yesterday].
I see how this could have taken you only 20 minutes total, Evie B., and maybe even cost you only five bucks.
Unfortunately they were out of foam wreaths at the Dollar Tree, and I wanted to use more than just the primary color crayons. I didn't really have any material I liked (that I could find in my randomly squirred away craft piles in various cabinets, at least).
My cost ended up being around $10 per wreath, which was still jim dandy, if you ask me.
I stayed up until 2:00am making these wreaths.
Something about the mindless task of hot glue gunning 137 crayons approximately 3 millimeters apart each was strangely calming.
I experienced a glimpse of spiritual clarity and elusive inner peace while listening to my MoTab christmas music in the crystal chill of the night.
I mentally stacked up my blessings.
I also ruined my gel nails, and my second degree burns are healing nicely.
There were pockets of sheer exhaustion--sure. Occasional lapses into puddles of delirium.
For instance: I remember being spurred on by the unfettered delusion that I would be hoisted up onto the shoulders of the students/teachers alike after presenting this glorious rainbow of delight to the teacher...a la Ralphie in "A Christmas Story".
This kept me right on gluegunning.
Plus I decided I like my wreaths just a leetle better than yours, Evie B. I only gooped together one big fabric flower per wreath [held together by 17 pounds of glue], and I did not use pinking shears but I plan to look them up in the dictionary soon.
Total time spent on project: 2 hours and 27 minutes.
Don't hate me because I'm crafty.
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010
what I would LIKE to make my kids' teachers...
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Art,gaming, recreational activities, interaction with the artefacts and a lot of fun all in one great exhibition at the Tate Modern Gallery of London.
Bodymotionspacesthings, born from creative thought of Robert Morris, is the ultimate great art installation in the Tate Modern Gallery of London.
The visitor can use in a recreational way all the installations of the artist and play in a sort of art in progress path, an endless game where people are a part of a bigger artistic creation always different because manipulated by its users.
In Robert Morris recreational art installation, you can climb, you can run, drift and jump while you are contemplating a fascinating art creation, a game which always includes everyone in its artistic representation.
Due to the big success of Bodymotionspacesthings, Tate Modern Gallery extended the exhibition until 14 June 2009 and the entrance is free!
I recommend this clever gaming experience to everyone!
To get an Idea of what Bodymotionspacesthings really is watch this video and have some fun!


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What is 2-1-1?
2-1-1 provides information & referral for people in need of health & human service resources, as well as volunteer opportunities in our community.
When you call, you will be connected to an information & referral specialist who is highly trained to evaluate each individual situation, access our extensive database, and provide information on appropriate resources. Calls are confidential and service is available in Spanish.


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Pennington Lifts Diamondbacks Over Cards in 16th Inning
PHOENIX (AP) - Cliff Pennington's single in the 16th inning brought home Jason Kubel from second to give the Arizona Diamondbacks a 10-9 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in a game that didn't end until early Thursday.
At 5 hours and 32 minutes, it was the longest home game in Diamondbacks history as far as time elapsed and tied for the longest at home in terms of innings.
Yadier Molina drove in three runs, including a leadoff home run that put St. Louis up 8-7 in the seventh, but Aaron Hill's RBI single tied it at 8 before both teams scored a run in the 12th.
The Diamondbacks came from behind four times to either take the lead or tie the game.
Paul Goldschmidt and Martin Prado each hit a two-run homer, and Gerardo Parra homered, tripled and singled for the Diamondbacks.


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Santa to visit town Dec. 15-16
Water Witch Hose Co. No. 2 in New Milford, in coordination with Santa Claus, will deliver pre-Christmas presents in town Dec. 15-16.
A $50 donation is requested for delivery of a pre-wrapped gift and pictures with Santa Claus on a fire engine.
The fundraiser will benefit the department's 150th anniversary celebrations in 2013.
Registration is limited and is required by Nov. 26.
For more information or to register, visit www.wwhc2.com.


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